Scott Wasserman

Indira Duggirala, First Vice Chair of the Colorado Democratic Party, left, and her husband, Ravi, watch election results

抖阴ap: What happens now that Prop. HH has failed? A few tough options remain.

November 7, 2023 at 8:48 p.m.

Two policy questions loom large right now. First, is there any way to further reduce property bills before they go out early next year? Second, will the revenue that comes...

The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights requires that all Colorado governments ask voters before raising their taxes and that they refund money to taxpayers when more revenue is taken in by a government than a formula in the constitutional amendment allows. (Jeff Neumann, The Denver Post, photos by Getty Images)

抖阴ap: TABOR whiplash is coming once federal dollars run out

May 30, 2022 at 12:38 p.m.

You鈥檙e right to be confused and angry. Colorado鈥檚 tax system makes no sense at all.

抖阴ap: Make the federal Rescue Plan tax credits permanent, and expand them to Colorado income taxes too

March 22, 2021 at 3:30 p.m.

For over five years, Sen. Michael Bennet has pushed for this legislation across our state and country. In that time, his idea for an expanded, fully refundable child tax credit...

The Colorado State Capitol building, closed ...

Wasserman: Don’t let bumper sticker slogans control Colorado; vote “no” on Proposition 116

October 19, 2020 at 9:57 a.m.

I get it. When you read your ballot this year, you鈥檒l see a plain and simple tax cut that you鈥檒l likely vote yes on. Why wouldn鈥檛 you? Government needs to...

Activist Douglas Bruce, author of TABOR and a constant proponent for cutting taxes, explained his latest proposal for cutting taxes to reporters and journalists at the state Capitol in November 1999. Colorado voters will consider this fall whether to exempt the state from revenue limits included in Bruce's TABOR amendment.

Guest Commentary: Get Bruce out of our budget — debruce Colorado this fall for the good of our state

October 4, 2019 at 11:46 a.m.

You鈥檙e going to hear this phrase a lot over the next several months, so let抖阴ap just get one thing out of the way right now: It抖阴ap a stupid name.

Wasserman: Colorado voters said no to taxes, again, but there’s hope even in this defeat

November 23, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

We need to update old assumptions about Coloradans鈥� tax sensitivity and recognize what we want is a new tax system entirely.

Taxes on the ballot: The questions every Coloradan must answer

October 5, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.

This November, Coloradans will be confronted with the sort of big questions every previous generation who has lived here has had to consider: What is a Colorado way of life...

Morning rush hour traffic makes its way along 6th Avenue and Federal Boulevard on Oct. 12. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 193,000 Coloradans moved out of the state last year. Many blamed rising housing prices, jobs that don鈥檛 pay enough and traffic jams.

Wasserman: Forget “middle class.” In Denver it takes $63,000 a year for a family to just subsist.

January 5, 2018 at 3:46 p.m.

Is 鈥渟elf-sufficient鈥� what you see in your mind鈥檚 eye when you envision the middle class? Unable to take a vacation, unable to give back, unable to afford college, and unable...

The Colorado Public Employees鈥� Retirement Association has come up with a plan to bring all of its retirement funds back to 100 percent funding in 30 years but opponents say it's too expensive to taxpayers and not sustainable.

Wasserman: Saving PERA and securing pension retirements is critical for the entire state

October 13, 2017 at 3:50 p.m.

In spite of challenges, Colorado's Public Employees' Retirement Association remains a salvageable linchpin in the retirement landscape and Colorado鈥檚 overall economic health.

Joey Denoncourt teaches during his second grade class at College View Elementary.

Wasserman: Close the growing economic divide by teaching two generations at once

September 8, 2017 at 12:01 p.m.

Two-generation strategies are grounded in the belief that if you care about kids, and their development in particular, you need to care about their families.

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